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going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling

2

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

3

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

1

monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic

2

foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse

1

frown; scowl; grimace

3

writing desk

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

useless; futile; vain

1

by myself; in person; by oneself

2

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

1

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

1

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

1

to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)

1

independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

1

most; extremely

1

tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)

1

something or other; somehow

1

author; writer; novelist; artist

1

afterword; postscript

1

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right

1

to hurry (up); to press; to urge on

1

to get irritated

1

temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)

1

great haste; mad rush

1

third stage; three stages

2

shock; impact; crash

1

electric current

1

nausea; sickness in the stomach

1

gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream

1

to warm; to heat

1

to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)

2

(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone

6

haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

1

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

1

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

2

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

1

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

1

four characters; four letters

1

series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

1

contact network; phone tree; contact information for relevant people (in a given organization)

1

(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous

1

curfew; lockdown; grounding

1

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover

2